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Transportation Infrastructure

Senate Panel Approves $78B, 5-Year Highway Safety and Rail Bill

June 16, 2021

Committee Chair Maria Cantwell said passenger and freight rail would get the largest funding share, a $36-billion allocation.

Companies

Ex-Turner Exec Gets 46 Months for Bloomberg Construction Bribes

Eydie Cubarrubia

June 15, 2021

No Comments

Ronald Olson, the contractor's former deputy operations manager, is the third of four executives implicated in the scheme who has been sentenced.

Labor

Henkels & McCoy Pays $1M in Federal Overtime-Pay Case

Tom Ichniowski

June 15, 2021

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Half of the payment is back pay for 362 workers; the rest is for liquidated damages.

Energy Construction

Terminated Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Site Closure Steps Are Still in Play

Competing Enbridge Line 3 wins much watched Minnesota ruling June 14 to continue construction

Corinne Grinapol

Debra K. Rubin

June 12, 2021

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Rival Enbridge Line 3 wins key Minnesota court ruling June 14 to move construction to expected year end completion, while scuttled $8B Keystone had tough road after Biden permit halt, as owner weighs options for pipe laid in Canada and stored.

Clean Energy Build

Feds Add NY-NJ Waters to Gulf of Mexico in Offshore Wind Development Spurt

Developer, public comment sought on energy projects in off NYC and four Gulf states; NC unveils first offshore wind goal

Debra K. Rubin

June 12, 2021

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Administration fast-tracks push for developer interest and public comment on energy projects in shallow waters southeast of New York City and off Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama; NY projects would be built under labor pacts, with lease auctions possible before year end.

UK-Based Plunge Pool Will Be "Huge" Research Asset

Peter Reina

June 11, 2021

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A 50-m-deep plunge pool will be the centerpiece of a planned U.K. research and testing facility at a site near Cornwall, England.

Viewpoint: How Apprenticeships Create Paths to Better Lives

Charles L. Harrington Sean McGarvey

June 11, 2021

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The building trades in modern America have long been a path to the middle class, and construction apprentice training provides more than a middle-class income. The jobs are a path out of endless financial worry.

Pulse: Project News for the Week of June 14, 2021

June 11, 2021

No Comments

The Arkansas Dept. of Transportation is planning an improvement project for Interstate 30 in Saline County.

Special Report

Latest Updates On The Coronavirus Pandemic

Tracking developing industry impacts as COVID-19 forces closures and interrupts global business

ENR Editors

June 11, 2021

5 Comments

ENR tracks new industry impacts as COVID-19 forces project closures and interrupts global business.

Exec News: McDermott CEO Resigns; CH2M, Bechtel Veteran Lee McIntire Takes Role

Debra K. Rubin

June 10, 2021

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No reason stated for energy contractor former chief's action; infrastructure leader Maria Lehman, elected ASCE 2022-23 president, intends to "right some of the wrongs in the profession right now," she said.

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Senate Panel Approves $78B, 5-Year Highway Safety and Rail Bill

Ex-Turner Exec Gets 46 Months for Bloomberg Construction Bribes

Henkels & McCoy Pays $1M in Federal Overtime-Pay Case

Terminated Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Site Closure Steps Are Still in Play

Feds Add NY-NJ Waters to Gulf of Mexico in Offshore Wind Development Spurt

UK-Based Plunge Pool Will Be "Huge" Research Asset

Viewpoint: How Apprenticeships Create Paths to Better Lives

Pulse: Project News for the Week of June 14, 2021

Latest Updates On The Coronavirus Pandemic

Exec News: McDermott CEO Resigns; CH2M, Bechtel Veteran Lee McIntire Takes Role

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